I spent some time working on the gap between the cab and bed. I am only closing this as much as the top is from my earlier project. While it is only an inch I think it made a significant change.
Before....
I am using the same 1/8" rod as I did previously, here I am just mocking it up to get an idea of how it will look. In doing this I decided to heat up and then bend the bottm end to meet up with the filler panel.
This is what I ended up making. It is 1" wide. I welded the round stock to the leading edge as I did on the other panels at the top of the bed.
And here it is tacked into place.
Over all I really like how it cleaned up that gap. It's not drastic, but I think it is a big improvement overall. I still have to make the other side and get it tacked in place. Everything will get final welded when the bed comes off and is on a stand for easy access.
New labor subtotal.
7.17 hrs
502.55 total
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